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HTA is high on the European agenda for action

With the preparation of the Joint Action 3 on HTA switching into high gear, confirmation of the immediate practical relevance of the HTA activities are coming in – both from the national and larger European level events of the recent days.

With the preparation of the Joint Action 3 on HTA switching into high gear, confirmation of the immediate practical relevance of the HTA activities are coming in – both from the national and larger European level events of the recent days.

At the October 29 2015 meeting of the HTA Network, the national HTA Network members and representatives of the stakeholder groups (patient/consumer, provider, payer and industry) expressed strong support for the results of the European cooperation on HTA to-date and welcome continuous action focusing on making the outputs of the European cooperation on HTA effectively contribute to the national HTA production processes.

The importance to strengthen coordination and coherence of HTA activities is on the agendas of the current and upcoming international conferences in Moscow and Milan. EUnetHTA’s approaches including tools and methodologies for cooperation are prominently featured on the programmes of both